However, over time, the population’s desire for luxury forces the creation of entertainment professions, such as actor and poet. Originally, Plato’s Kallipolis needs only a class of producers who provide vital goods or services: Farmers, carpenters, bakers, doctors, and artisans. In Equestria, ponies can do the one thing depicted on their flank with exceptional ability, a specialization of labor Plato could only have dreamed of. It is the most important factor in determining the course of a pony’s life. In Equestria, ponies come of age when they receive a “cutie mark”, a symbol representing their natural talent. “We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things.” Plato argues that every individual is particularly good at one thing everyone trying to produce a small amount of many different goods for themselves would be inefficient rather, individuals producing a large amount of only one good would be far more effective. This is a central theme throughout Republic ability determines government positions and placement in social classes. He begins by claiming that Kallipolis follows one key principle: The division of labor. Plato explains that the city starts simple and gradually grows more complex. The hypothetical utopian city-state of Republic is named “Kallipolis”, or “beautiful city”. It is this ideal city that resembles the Equestria of My Little Pony so closely. Since a state is a collection of individuals, he spends the majority of Republic envisioning the development of the most just city-state, a sort of utopia. To prove that justice is rewarding, Socrates decides to examine it on a larger scale than that of an individual. In Book One of Republic, Socrates is challenged to prove that it is worthwhile to live a just life. Although the character Socrates is the one speaking in the Republic, consensus among scholars holds that that the ideas of Republic are those of Plato, not Socrates.
Throughout most of his writing, Plato uses his teacher Socrates as a character who argues with various people about great questions of philosophy. Plato’s Republic, written in the fourth century BCE, is his most famous dialogue. Everything from Plato’s ideas on utopian society and government structure to his Platonic Forms has representation in MLP’s Equestria. However, My Little Pony is not simply the story of talking, pastel-colored equines living in a place called “Ponyville” it is also the most detailed allegory of Plato’s Republic ever written. The popularity of the television show “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” among the Brony community is based on the show’s depth: Well-developed characters, complex plotlines, and numerous allusions to other works.
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